Mountain Views News, Combined Edition Saturday, October 15, 2022

Mountain Views-News Saturday, October 15, 2022 

Specializing in PlacingSeniors in Assisted Living and 
Memory Care Communities 

ASSISTED LIVING OR NURSING 
HOME? 

There are many myths about Assisted 
Living being like Nursing Homes. 
This is not true at all. Nursing facilities 
are for those with chronic health 
issues who require care around the 
clock from medical professionals. 


In Assisted Living, one will get the support as needed, such as getting help with showering, grooming, 
and dressing. Again, these services are based on the seniors needs. 

There are many reasons in working with us. At Safe Path for Seniors, we will assess the senior and 
depending on their care needs and budget, make recommendations. For example, we may suggest 
that the right fit is a Board and Care Home (normally a 6-bedroom house) as opposed to an Assisted 
Living Community or a Memory Support Facility. You will work with an experienced agent who 
knows the industry well and will give you recommendations. The good news is that there is no 
cost for this service. 

If you have any questions about placing a loved one, visit www.safepathforseniors.com or call Steve 
at 626-999-6913 

HOME SHARING: A GROWING TREND AMONG BABY BOOMERS 

Dear Savvy Senior:
I saw a news segment on television a few months 
ago about home sharing programs for seniors and 
would like to learn more. I’m 68, divorced, and am 
interested in renting out a room in my house to help 
make ends meet. What can you tell me?
Interested Boomer 


Dear Boomer: 

Because of inflation and rising housing costs a growing number of baby boomers are opting to rent 
out a spare room in their house as a way to generate some extra income, and for some, increase 
companionship. To find a good fit, older homeowners often turn to “home sharing programs” that 
will match an empty nester with someone needing affordable housing. 

But be aware that home sharing isn’t for everyone. You need to carefully consider the pros and cons 
of renting out a spare room in your house and make a list of what you want and don’t want in a 
housemate/renter. 

To help you figure all this out, a good resource is SharingHousing.com, a website dedicated to 
understanding the home sharing concept. They offer various articles, online lessons and resource 
books that can help you determine if this is a good option for you, and if so, how to find and choose 
a good housemate. 

Home Sharing Tools 

If you decide to proceed in finding a housemate/renter, a good first step is to seek out a home sharing 
program in your area. 

Home sharing programs, usually nonprofits, screen both homeowners and renters. They check 
references, handle background checks and consider lifestyle criteria when making matches. They 
can also help you with the leasing agreement that the renter would sign that covers detailed issues 
like smoking, pets, chores, overnight guests, use of common rooms, quiet hours, etc. 

Most home sharing programs are free to use or request a small donation. Others, however, may 
charge the homeowner and potential renter a fee for this service. To look for a home sharing program 
in your area visit the National Shared Housing Resource Center website at NationalSharedHousing.
org. 

If you don’t find a program that serves your area, you can also search for housemates through an 
online home sharing service like Silvernest.com. Or, if you’d rather have a younger housemate that 
can help out with some household chores, consider Nesterly.com. This is an online home sharing 
agency, available in a few select communities, that matches young renters with older adults looking 
to supplement their incomes and share their space. 

If you don’t have any luck with any of these home sharing sites, put a call in to your Area Aging 
Agency (call 800-677-1116 for contact information) who may be able to offer assistance or refer 
you to local agencies or nonprofit organizations that offer shared housing help. 

You can also check with your local senior or community center, or local church you attend to see if 
you can post an ad on their bulletin board or in their newsletter. Or you can advertise in your local 
newspaper or online at sites like CraigsList.org or RoomMates.com. 

If you find someone on your own that you’re interested in renting to, ask the prospective renter 
to fill out a rental application (see RentalLeaseAgreement.org to download and print one for free) 
and run a tenant screening and background check, and then call their references. Tenant screening/
background checks can be done at sites like E-renter.com or MySmartMove.com. 

Send your senior questions to: Savvy Senior, P.O. Box 5443, Norman, OK 73070, or visit SavvySenior.
org. Jim Miller is a contributor to the NBC Today show and author of “The Savvy Senior” book. 

YOUR AD COULD BE HERE!
Call Patricia @ 626-818-2698 TODAY!
SENIOR HAPPENINGS 


HAPPY BIRTHDAY! …OCTOBER BIRTHDAYS* 

Janda Ferris, Darlene Traxler, Margit Johnson, Sole Krieg, George Maurer, 
Dick Anderson, Eva Poet, Mary Jane Baker, Dixie Coutant, Jill Franks, 
Cathleen Cremins, Adie Marshall, Darlene Crook, Susan Gallagher, Maggie 
Ellis, Gloria Giersbach, Ellen O’Leary, Jenny Piangenti, Anita Thompson, 
Linda Boehm and Angela Stella * To add your name to this distinguished 

list, please call the paper at 626.355.2737. YEAR of birth not required 

SIERRA MADRE SENIOR CLUB Every Saturday from 11:30am-3:30 pm in the Hart 
Park House Senior Center. Join us as we celebrate birthdays, holidays and play BINGO. 
Must be 50+ to join. For more information call Mark at 626-355-3951. 

DOMINOES TRAIN GAME 1st and 3rd Wednesdays, 11:00 am— 12:30 pm Hart Park 
House The object of the game is for a player to play all the tiles from their hand onto one or 
more trains, emanating from a central hub or “station”. Call Lawren with questions that you 
may have. 

PAINT PALS 

Thursday, 10/13 10:30 am—Hart Park House If you enjoy painting, sketching, water color, 
or making some other form of artistic creation please join our new program, PAINT PALS!!! 
Bring a project that you are working on to the HPH and enjoy some quality art time with other 
artists looking to paint with a new pal. 

TEA AND TALK SENIOR BOOK CLUB Tuesday Oct. 12 and Oct. 26 — 9:00 am 
Staff has launched a new book club series, Tea and Talk, which meets twice a month to discuss 
the fun, suspense, intrigue, love and so much more that each selection will have in store! 

FIBER FRIENDS Tuesday, 10/4 and 10/18 —10:00 am If you enjoy knitting, crocheting, 
embroidery, needlepoint, bunka, huck, tatting or cross stitch then we have a group for you! 
Bring your current project, a nonalcoholic beverage, then sit and chat with likeminded fiber 
friends. We meet in the Hart Park House 

CHAIR YOGA Every Monday and Wednesday, 10-10:45 am Please join us for some gentle 
stretching, yoga, balance exercise and overall relaxation with Paul. Classes are ongoing and 
held in the Memorial Park Covered Pavilion or the Hart Park House.. 

HULA AND POLYNESIAN DANCE Every Friday, 10-10:45 am Bring a lei, your flower 
skirt or just your desire to dance! Hula in the Park is back and waiting for you to join in on all 
the fun! Memorial Park Pavilion. 

BLOOD PRESSURE CLINIC - Tuesday, Oct. 11 11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Methodist Hospital will be holding a free to seniors clinic once a month in the Hart Park 
House. Walk in are welcome - no pre-registration required. 

LOTERIA: Oct. 20 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm 
Come down to the HPH (Hart Park House) for a lively round of Loteria (Mexican Bingo) 
Prizes await! 

OCTOBER CRAFT Tuesday, October 25 10:30am Hart Park House 
Have you ever had interest in balloon art? Well you are in luck! Join Recreation Coordinator 
Pardo as she instructs us on how to create a cat, bat or pumpkin balloon column. Space is limited 
so please call or email Lawren to reserve your spot. 

SENIOR CINEMA Wednesday, 10/12— 1:00 pm HUBIE HALLOWEEN PG-13 1h 43m 
Good-natured but eccentric community volunteer Hubie Dubois finds himself at 
the center of a real murder case on Halloween night. Despite his devotion to his 
hometown of Salem, Massachusetts (and its legendary Halloween celebration).
Wednesday, 10/26 – Beginning at 1:00pm THE BIRDS PG 1h 59m 


SPECIAL MEDICARE PRESENTATION NEW DATE! Thursday 10/20, 9:00 am


10:00 am Hart Park House Please join Duarte Councilmember Vihn for 
a Medicare presentation. Pastries and coffee will be served during this informative 
presentation. Space is limited, call Lawren to reserve your spot. 
OUT TO PASTOR 

A Weekly Religion Column by Rev. James Snyder 

HOW MUCH COFFEE IS TOO MUCH COFFEE? 


I will be the first to confess 

that I love my coffee, espe


cially in the morning. When 
anybody asks how much coffee is enough, I 
usually say, “Just one more cup.” 

My day cannot get started until I’ve had a 
sufficient amount of coffee. If I don’t have 
enough coffee when I meet somebody, they 
will look at me and say, “Have you had your 
coffee today?”
I respond by saying, “Well, not enough.” 

I haven’t always been a fan of coffee. If I am 
obsessed with coffee, I will have to blame The 
Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage for this. 
She is the one that introduced me to coffee, 
and here I am. 

When I was young, I hated the coffee my parents 
had. I tried tasting it a couple of times, 
and it really was awful, almost like mud. How 
they were able to drink that coffee is beyond 
me. 
It was not until I married The Gracious Mistress 
of the Parsonage that I understood what 
the problem was. 

When I was young, my parents used “instant 
coffee.” I’m not sure why they drank that, but 
I did not like it. I thought, at the time, coffee 
was for idiots. I never said it out loud because 
I feared who might hear me saying it. But I 
believe it and have a good reason for believing 
it.
After we were married, The Gracious Mistress 
of the Parsonage bought something 
I never saw before, which was a coffee pot. 
I thought my father was a coffee pot at the 
time. I did not know what it was for, but when 
you’re first married, you don’t create any ambiance 
of negativity.
It was then I understood what real coffee was 
all about. The coffee pot made real coffee. I 
had never had real coffee before and fell in 
love with coffee after one gentle sip. 

So, you see, The Gracious Mistress of the 
Parsonage is responsible for my addiction to 
coffee. 
Since then, I’ve enjoyed many a cup of coffee, 
particularly from her coffee pot in the 
kitchen. I began understanding the difference 
between “instant coffee” and “real coffee.” 
I’m surprised my parents didn’t know the 
difference. 

After being married for over 50 years, I have 
never been tempted to get a cup of instant 
coffee, what a tragedy of taste that would be. 

Since I’ve been drinking coffee, my days have 
never been better. But, of course, there are 
those few days when I don’t have a chance 
to grab my coffee because of oversleeping or 
something. Those have been brought down 
to very few, I assure you. 

My day starts perfectly after that first coffee 
in the morning. 

Recently, in the afternoon, I was drinking 

some coffee; the Gracious Mistress of the 
Parsonage entered the room and, looking at 
me, said, “Haven’t you had enough coffee for 
the day?” 

I looked at her, smiled, and cheerfully said, 
“That animal doesn’t exist.” Then I went back 
to sipping my heavenly cup of coffee. 

My morning cup of coffee enables me to start 
the day rather cheerful. I know when I start 
each day, there’s going to be something that’s 
going to give me a problem. A day without 
problems is a day I haven’t gotten out of bed. 
A great solution to these problems is a hot 
cup of coffee in the morning. Not just “a” cup 
of coffee but a series of cups of coffee. I’m a 
serial coffee drinker. 

“Drinking too much coffee,” The Gracious 
Mistress of the Parsonage warned me, “is not 
very good for your health.” 

I looked at her with a mischievous smile and 
said, “Would you like to deal with me without 
my cup of coffee in the morning?” 

Laughing, she looked back and said, “No, 
there probably isn’t enough coffee for that.” 
One year, a report says coffee is not good for 
you. It’s bad for your health, so they say. So 
the next year, there’s another report that says 
drinking coffee is good for your health. Who 
in the world am I going to believe? 

Well, I tell you what, I’m not going to believe 
any reports I hear from the news media. I will 
take this subject up with my cup of Joe in the 
morning and get his opinion. 

There is one thing that makes a cup of coffee 
magnificent in the morning. That one thing 
is an Apple Fritter. I believe these two were 
made for each other, and there is nothing 
more delicious than the combination of these 
two delicacies. 

I can get away with my coffee with The Gracious 
Mistress of the Parsonage, but it’s hard 
for me to get away with the Apple Fritter. I 
try, but I am not very successful with that as 
yet. 

I’ve been working for years on ways in which 
to trick her into believing that Apple Fritters 
are healthy for you. But to date, I’ve not been 
very successful, but I haven’t stopped trying.
I will work on it, and in the meantime, I will 
indulge in my coffee. 

Everybody has a taste for something. I was reminded 
of what the Bible said along this line. 
“O taste and see that the Lord is good: blessed 
is the man that trusteth in him” (Psalm 34:8).
When it comes to my spiritual taste, I need 
to focus on God. My experience with God 
makes my life the joy that it is. 

Dr. James L. Snyder lives in Ocala, FL with 
the Gracious Mistress of the Parsonage. Telephone 
1-352-216-3025, e-mail jamessnyder51@
gmail.com, website www.jamessnyderministries.
com. 

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